From:
"Canadian Men & Women of the Time 1912"Ed.
Henry James Morgan, Toronto, William Briggs, Richmond St. W., 1912

Ainey, Joseph, labour
leader.

Born Montreal, P.Q., Nov.
24, 1864 ; educated in his native city and in Deschambault, P.Q. ; joined
K. L., 1885 ; became President of the Fed. T. and L. Council., Montreal,
1897, and has filled many other offices connected with labour interests
in Canada and the United States.

He unsuccessfully contested
Montreal (St. Mary's) as labour candidate (H. C.) in 1906; his platform
on that occasion favoured state insurance against sickness and old age,
suppression of convict labour in opposition to trade, the suppression of
private banking concerns and the creation of state banks, absolute freedom
of the press in pubilic affairs, election of judges by the people, the
creation of a Minister of Labour, the abolition of the Senate, the abolition
of the Harbour Commission of Montreal, and the fixing of the federal elections
for a uniform date every 4 years.

He became a member of the
Board of Conciliation and Inv. on Longshoremen's Grievances in 1907 and
was elected Senior Controller, Montreal in 1910 (vote: 30,942) ; .